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1885 'THE ANTHROPOLOGICAL MUSEUM. An additional wing to the University Museum is now being made for the Pitt Rivers Collection. This building which is 100ft. by 67ft. clear of walls, was commenced about July last, and will shortly be completed. It will be entirely lighted from the roof, which is of iron, and the walls are of white brick, with Bath stone string courses, &c. Messrs. Deane and Son, of Dublin, are the architects, and [[Symm and Co|Messrs. Symm and Co.]] the builders.'<ref>Oxford Journal - Saturday 17 October 1885</ref> | 1885 'THE ANTHROPOLOGICAL MUSEUM. An additional wing to the University Museum is now being made for the Pitt Rivers Collection. This building which is 100ft. by 67ft. clear of walls, was commenced about July last, and will shortly be completed. It will be entirely lighted from the roof, which is of iron, and the walls are of white brick, with Bath stone string courses, &c. Messrs. Deane and Son, of Dublin, are the architects, and [[Symm and Co|Messrs. Symm and Co.]] the builders.'<ref>Oxford Journal - Saturday 17 October 1885</ref> | ||
The [https://estates.admin.ox.ac.uk/files/pittriversmuseumcompressedpdf 2012 Conservation Plan] provides a great deal of information about aspects of the museum, | The [https://estates.admin.ox.ac.uk/files/pittriversmuseumcompressedpdf 2012 Conservation Plan] provides a great deal of information about aspects of the museum <ref> Pitt Rivers Museum, Oxford - Conservation Plan, May 2012</ref> | ||
==See Also== | ==See Also== | ||
Revision as of 21:49, 13 March 2024
The Pitt Rivers Museum houses the archaeological and anthropological collections of the University of Oxford. The museum is joined to the east end of the Oxford University Museum of Natural History, and is accessed through that building.
See Pitt Rivers Museum website
1884 Augustus Pitt Rivers donated his private collection to the University of Oxford with the condition that a permanent lecturer in anthropology must be appointed. This formed the basis for the Pitt Rivers Museum.
1885 'THE ANTHROPOLOGICAL MUSEUM. An additional wing to the University Museum is now being made for the Pitt Rivers Collection. This building which is 100ft. by 67ft. clear of walls, was commenced about July last, and will shortly be completed. It will be entirely lighted from the roof, which is of iron, and the walls are of white brick, with Bath stone string courses, &c. Messrs. Deane and Son, of Dublin, are the architects, and Messrs. Symm and Co. the builders.'[1]
The 2012 Conservation Plan provides a great deal of information about aspects of the museum [2]